Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 15 - 130 m (Ref. 111951). Polar, preferred -1°C (Ref. 107945); 46°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 101405)
Found along most of the Antarctic coastline. Adult krill populations' center of distribution is near the continental shelf break, juveniles are found in inshore waters and the eggs and larvae are found in offshore waters (Ref. 96896).
Brinton, E. 1962. (Ref. 2864)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.5 - 1.6, mean 0.2 (based on 535 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.43-0.5).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.77, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.